If you or someone you know owns a boat in Madeira, please PM me on Fb or Instagram. I’d really like to speak to you. 👍🏻🎣

Thank you for all the beauty!It is fun watching you fish,hearing laughter seeing lovely surroundings and interesting fish!You bring a lot of joy.WTH your videos.Don’t Stop💥

I've been watching this channel for a couple of years and i love your entertainment. I go fishing i the uk, brighton and always wait for more videos so that i can learn more im only 10 yrs old so i learn from my dad and u of course i would one day love to fish with u

You have, bar none, the best fishing channel I have seen. As an avid fisherman, mostly fresh water, I just really appreciate your skills as an angler , as a seaman, and as a cameraman/ educator. And I am with you on what is the best part of every day! Thanks so much for your work. You are even good at pulling up your mates trousers lol.

What a stunning location! Those dog fish just love following you around John 😅

I always enjoy joining you, John! Thank you for sharing this with us!

The moment you hear, "The soon is just coming oop," you know it can't be anybody but the Fish Locker.

I caught one of those duckbills of the beach. 76kg, so strong i had to sit down and didnt trust my hands after 30 min, great programme thank you

The fish market, in Funchal, is amazing. Black Scabbard fish - otherworldly.

Beautiful place to fish glad u both have enjoyed urselfs. A lot of locals watching you and Tom xxx

That mystery fish at around 20:33 looks to be a pompano (Trachinotus ovatus). They're common in the Mediterranean and around the Canaries and Madeira.

I fished on Porto Santo which is south of Madeira The Butterfly rays can be very colorful and there are some really huge rays 600-700lb and bigger! The fire-worms we had a few but had been forewarned, but not warned about the Morays and weavers! Even small Morays can be very vicious when you try to unhook them. They actually will attack, so you need to know not to try and handle them like a normal Eel.

Looks a great place, extremely jealous of you and the size of those rays in particular 🎣🐟

Such a variety of different fishies. Showing the locals how its done with those smelly dead baits. Fascinating such variety in rhe base design of rays..such a cool fish really. I would walk on many surfaces but that wet slipway.. Weelll...no way...i had a near miss once a very thin line....but lived to tell the tale...

Oh John. Those micro species. How incredible. Thank you so much for these shares

As a Canarian native, you really have to take into consideration the shelter from the winds like a mountain etc. At least in Canaries, the south has less wind, but worse fishing. The north is much better if you want to go on a boat, but watch out for the sea. It gets VERY tough very fast. I assume that the same happens in Madeira.

I was in Madeira 18-26 december 2023. What a beautiful place. Was in Vilamoura in October for my 50th Birthday. Gorgeous part of the world. Some of them boats in Vilamoura marina 😍😍

What a bummer to have 2 non fishable days because of bad weather, but inspite of that some absolutely huge rays. Thanks for sharing this video. Greetz from Stipo from Holland

Great video as always! That silver fish is a palometa. Great eating when they are around a kilo. They often take right on the surface. It’s a good idea to use burley when targeting the bream species. I spend winters in Lanzarote, some great fishing. Lots of bonito! You should come do a trip!

Hi John you ok pal, well done chaps some stunning fish. All the best from GRIMSBY

Hello John i love your commitment to the channel suffering in the heat out there while we cope with the uk weather

Superb viewing, as always. Thanks for sharing. 👍

Love Madeira have stayed in Funchal, many boats that go for Marlin and Tuna, Great place. Good luck.

I’m currently on holiday in Madeira watching this video 😂

That looked like a great holiday lads , some cracking looking rays and the amount of new species brilliant, thanks for the video John keep up the good work 🇮🇪

I've been told 'No flat fish around Madeira, the sea just goes very deep'.

As always John another informative and enjoyable video, i look forward to your video's because i never tire of seeing different species' and techniques you use.

Perfection absolute Perfection 👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks so much for all the work you put into creating the BEST content on KZfaq.👍👍👍👍🇺🇸

Great start to my week John, thank you both so much. Greetings from Cyprus. 🙏🙏🐟🐟❤❤👍👍😎😎

Great video, as always. Your silver mystery fish is a Butterfish. They are a very common baitfish in the NE USA. They are the go to bait for Tuna chunking. I stand corrected by a local. The mystery fish is a Palometta. They really look like a Butterfish.

Thanks for sticking with it. And sharing the journey! 🐳👍

Too much fun. Wish you guys the best of luck!

The second ? fish you caught , the black one with blue flashes on it was so beautiful, just like the second from last one,, the reddish one, they don't have to be huge to be beautiful ! Great video John 😉👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Amazing video as usual John! You inspired me to take a little trip to Fuerteventura back in January and I caught loads of those mystery silver fish on little bits of float fished squid. I believe they are Palometa Blanca (Trachinotus ovatus), a really cool looking fish. Thanks for all the really great videos, I have learned a lot of what I now know about fishing from you! If you’re ever in Ireland and fancy a session give us a shout, Jason HF 🎣 👌😁

On our many visits to Madeira, the commonest fish was Espada (Scabbard Fish). A deep-water fish: long, thin, black and ugly - but quite delicious. Very bony!

Yeah thanks for that John, the Mrs has just gone spare cos i told her the butterfly rays were harmless when she waded into the sea in Tenerife and had a dozen 6 footers swimming around her thighs! Some of the local kids did say she was mad though, i just thought they knew her!! :-) Cheers Simon.

Thanks John I do enjoy your travel sessions good results all things considered keep it up 😊

Beautiful hoping u come back to BC 1 day, tyvm John

Shame about the weather but wow what a trip, great fish caught in beautiful surroundings. Hope you and Tom really enjoyed yourselves,thanks for sharing & all the rigs etc.👏👏👏

looking forward to the rest of the videos from this series. iam currently bk home in the north east uk but working out in Portugal the weather for this time of year is night and day to the uk lol carnt wait to get back out there in a couple weeks

Another great video john, that small silver fish called Derbio, we caught few last week in fuerteventura. Thanks for giving us tips and where to fish in las salinas, unfortunately fishing wasnt great there but we made up for it next day. We r looking to go back there again before end of the year. Tight lines mate 👍🎣

OMG @TheTishLocker can't believe I would see you fishing from the island I come from and you actually been to my village porto moniz. Great video as always but this one is definitely special to me thank you

A stunning island and another great video cheers :-)

Excellent video John. Well done both of you!

I’ve seen many of those species in Greece. I never found out what the silver one is with the dark tail tips either but they are fast and get bigger than that. I used to see them skipping along just below the surface.

Great session John can’t beat a bit of sun on your back. 🎣🎣

Absolutely awesome that you’re fishing all over the world, and sharing that experience with us❤

Worth the wait to see this video, thanks John....

Great location and some lovely mixed fishing always a joy watching your videos John and i love that 'Fish locker Sun hoody' it needs to be in the shop asap as one has my name on it.😊

Really enjoyed the video😀….doesn’t come across that you liked the charter boat experience. The deep sea fish in Madeira are 👍👍👍….looking forward to your return video😀…all the best😀

Great video. Would like to go there myself as it looks beautiful

Despite the weather you still had a reasonably good time. Really pleased that they have dogfish out there. Keep them coming.

Butterfly rays have very unusual jaws which are highly extendable and feed by suction so probably suck the bait deep in its mouth. White skate were once common in the western English channel, but are now effectively extinct north of Portugal.

Very good upload, Madeira has some great fishing this time year, Theres some very big Denton there trolling live squid in deep water very slow is the best way in winter, it also has good bluefish the quiet side of the island from shore with lures, I must get back some spring, look forward to your next upload tightlines for 2024 😎🐟🇪🇸

Hmm, looks like a very intere'sting' place to fish John.

A cracking video lads really enjoyed that appreciated as always 👍

Love that top your wearing John.👍👍👍

Hiya John. Your vids are great! Do some reading on ocean currents before you go next time and you'll see why you didn't get too many "take home" species. Ribiera Brava isn't quite far enough west to get the main N > S swell current. Madelena Do Mar and further west are where the bigger game and hunting grounds are. Where the surf is good the fishing is good. Anywhere along the north coast which is accessible is good and there will be *SIGNIFICANTLY BIGGER* fish hunting those areas due to the stronger N > S current (which wraps around from Ponta Do Pargo alnong south coast to Madelena Do Mar) as it slams up against the big volcano in the middle of the ocean. Ponta Delgada has a few great waves to surf and several very good fishing marks all around from Ponto Da Cruz to Ribeira De Janeira. Some are accesible only in daylight and even then if you say to yourself "Yeah, I reckon I can do that...", don't do it because that doubt is there for a reason. Safety first and no rapid rescue available. North end of Praia Calheta is on. I always liked the look of halfway between Paul Do Mar and Jardim Do Mar when the groundswell is good (4ft+). I've surfed it but not fished it. The harbour at Paul Do Mar is 400m to the right of where the surfing wave starts so from the beach and to the harbour wall of Paul Do Mar westward there is thousands of gallons of water moving around rich in all sorts nutrients which is easily accessible. Just take care along the shoreline east of the harbour when groundswell is running as there is still elements of the groundswell breaking along that section and the closer to where the surfing wave starts, the bigger it gets where you are.

Trachinotus ovatus. That is the name of the unknown silver fish. Cheers from Malta

Hi John, that silver fish you didn’t know what it was, is a palameta in Portuguese. Great video

Well done John enjoyed watching it! And that little silver fish you caught was a derbio I believe

great fishing video

Good evening John and Tom, in the sunshine then!!!!! You caught some interesting species of fish. It was good to see the Penn rod out there with you. No cod or flounder there then! Really enjoyed the video. See you next time. Malc and Ann North Lincs xx

Definitely enough species to keep any angler happy mate really enjoyable. Great to see the leads and popups doing there bit with you 🎣

Great video as always

That little silver fish you caught is called a Swallow Tailed Dart here in Australia

Brilliant ... another thoroughly enjoyable watch, Thanks.

20:38 Derbio. Silver fish black tip to fins. Excellent video as always.

brilliant john another great video

Another super video John, was looking forward to seeing your next one, those Ray's are something else, as you say, the weather can be and is very unpredictable, although it turned out good. Nice one mate. 👍😎. Mark.

Fantastic trip John , with some brilliant looking fish , and the buttery rays were amazing size , looked a fab time mate , appreciate yours and toms efforts 👍🏼👍🏼

In Aus we call those little fish Dart

all looks really nice, your a very lucky locker man

I fished with lures there John over a week. Lots of lizards and things I didnt recognise before hittng some solid bluefish around Porto Moniz...... unfortunately, days earlier I tried filming a rockpool underwater with my 'waterproof' phone only to find it's only waterproof in freshwater according to Sony so no pics of my Blues, but great fun on a lure rod!

Wow! Those butterfly rays are so unique!!

That little fish you couldn't identify is a Derbio.

Hi John That's 1 amazing 7 day fishing Adventure those Ray's were huge by the look of it they took some bringing in well done to both of you so amazing 👍🎣🐟🐟

Nooo way I always watch u!! I’m Madeiran I’m so glad to see u there! ❤

You're a good man, John; you've always got your buddy's back(side)~🤣🤣🤣 Sucks about the weather, but I hope you at least had a lot of fun to make up for it!

Going overseas with fishing kit is a trouble I've found, if easier (I know not cheap) just try and take a rod and reel with you and get the rest local, they'll give you good locations and rigs/lures to try out. Always worth chatting to locals.

That short fishing from the boat.......looks more interest/ promising......then fishing from the coast.

Thank ye for the wee, vicarious holiday. Amazing range of species! I'm so tired of these relentless winds. Working outside. Never known a winter like it. Hope it ends soon. P.S. You had me chuckling for ages with your "Dab hand" reply and I confess I spent a fair portion of my working day coming up with the "Pollocks" response. Best to you and yours. Mark

Nice “save” with the pants!!

That butterfly Ray was beautiful ❤

I enjoyed that. I was hoping for some big game fishing when you mentioned tuna and marlin and then when you were going on the charter I thought we were going to get it but in all honesty I found the little tiny fish you caught on the scratching rig as equally entertaining as they were all quite beautiful and new species to me. I actually may even go there on my hols this summer. We were thinking portugal or canaries but Madeira looks like best of both worlds and the scenery looks incredible. Thanks for sharing the trip with us John. I always really enjoy tagging along. 👍

That little fish is a Derbio John.

Awesome!! Massive thanks for sharing buddy, I really enjoyed watching :)

Awesome again John ,what a awesome looking location, & awesome fish ,that fish looks like a dart or a swallow tail ,could b wrong. Happy catching from Australia Nick

Brilliant as usual , thanks

Beautiful place awesome video 👋🥰🤗👍🎣🐠🐟🩵🤍💙

Ahh Sunday night! Ones again great video!

Absolutely brilliant 😊

Well done.

Very nice video, Mr. Locker! We were also in Madeira two years ago and caught the same fish that is not identified (I think). We think it was some kind of Pompano, in Latin Trachinotus ovatus. If I see correctly, you were out with Madeira Sight Casting? So were we ;D

Fantastic footage, your mate's rays were amazing

I like fishing

Wot an incredible fishing trip lads well done 👍 🎣

Great video as always...really enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can clearly see what you thought of that charter lol, brilliant trip though, was unexpected and totally entertaining, thank you for sharing your holiday with us

Sardinella, the one like a herring.